About Us
The University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Extension is the liaison between research conducted by scientists at the University of Florida and other universities and end users in Miami-Dade County. Our clientele includes growers (agricultural and horticultural), homeowners, youth, people interested in family issues or food and nutrition, and marine industries.
The University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Extension receives direct funding from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and Miami-Dade County. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the third partner in this cooperative agreement. The Miami-Dade offices are part of a nationwide system of information, outreach, and education offered by county governments and land-grant educational institutions in each state.
The focus of the University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Extension is on educational outreach through the following methods:
- workshops
- seminars
- phone consultations
- group meetings
- office visits
- educational materials
- field demonstrations
- work site programs
- newsletters
- training programs
- web sites
- plant clinics
- mass media
- learn-by-mail
- video conferences


